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The beginning
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinatedin Sarajevo. This sparks world war 1. -
movement
Russia movs its huge army to go against Austria-Hugary to help there allies Siberia. -
Invasion
Germany invades Belgium -
Gassed
Germany fires Chlorine gas filled shells at allied lines. This being the first time that large amounts of gas is used for warfare. -
Cleanliness
In the morning they were given one small cup of water to clean there dishes and wash there dishes.
The water was not to drink because it may have contained mustard gas and that would eventually kill the soldier who drunk it. -
Time served
John Joseph Brennan only served for 2 years.
He served from 1917-1919. -
Work Conditions
Most of the work they did was at night. They were lucky if they got more than 3 or 4 hours of free time. If the infantry and the engineers were on the move so were they. Someties they went day and night. -
France
During the war in France John was paired with a man named Eugene Boyce. -
Machime gun
A soldier posed with a Hythe MK3 Machine Gun in Ellington Field, Houston Texas. -
St. Mihiel
300,000 american soldiers throw themselves into German lines. -
Armistice/ Veterans Day
An Armistice was signed ending the fight on the westrn front -
Use of fighter jets and Bombers
It was not until 1918 that the military used fighter planes and massive bombs, equipped with machine guns and devestating explosives these were alot of help -
Bombers
Bombers usualy carried about 2,000 Ibs of bombs -
BOOM
A German air balloon being shot down -
Farman Airplane
A Farman airplane with rockets attached to it.
